Keith Textor

Before you down load the classic Orchestra below have a bit of fun and listen to this one !..its as the cover says "Terrific"......chase around the room following the music !!!

 

Keith Textor is a classically trained musician who organized a vocal group called The Honey Dreamers after his discharge from the Navy. The group was based in Chicago and appeared frequently on NBC.s Dave Garroway television show, playing a solid year at the Hotel Sherman's College Inn before moving on to New York and the cast of the Kay Kyser TV show.

This record is a tour de force for his various talents. The almost visual aspects of Stereo Action call for a musician who can think in terms of stage production, of presenting a choreography of sound across the wall of your living room, from speaker to speaker. And Keith Textor does just that, moving voices, orchestra and sound effects like precision drill teams is an exciting display of virtuosity which enhances the musical value of the excellent songs which he has chosen.

       12. I Get A Kick Out Of You

Glenn Miller Disc 1

On this compilation we have the original recordings of Glenn Miller split between 3 CD's

here's No 1....2 & 3 will be posted later...this is courtesy of Duke...Thanks  Duke !

Britxotica.VA

Here's a strange compilation I didn't know we Brits did Exotica !!...but its a great fun record with some great rare tracks....I should think !!

1. African Waltz......Lyn Cornell

2. Jungle Drums......Ted Heath & His Band

3. Poinciana......Allan Bruce

4. Bahama Rumba......Rawicz & Landauer

5. Follow Me......Lucille Mapp

6. Taboo......Sounds Incorporated

7. Run Joe......Nadia Cattouse

8. Street Of A Thousand Bongo's......Brian Fahey

1. Zambezi......Tony Mansell

2. Ritual Blues......Reg Owen

3. The Green Eye Of The Little Yellow God......Harry H Corbett

4. Take My Lips......Laurie Johnson & His Orchestra

5. A Night Of Adventure......Edmundo Ros

6. Cha Cha Cha Calypso......Maxine Daniels

7. Cerveza......Cherry Wainer

8. The Hat......Jerry Allen

 

    2. Jungle Drums

Ralph Hermann & The Medallion Concert Band

Here's a very unusual L/P it does evoke pictures of what the titles are all about... that is the sound effects go well with the music !...and once again the Stereo is pretty good...definatley music for listening to and not as background music !!!

                                                             Ralph Hermann      

              Ralph Hermann (February 9, 1914 – July 28, 1994) was an American composer and conductor. He also used the pseudonym Richard Hale. Hermann worked as head of the music department of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) since 1952 until his retirement in 1971.   

         4. The Teddy Bears Picnic                                

         5. In A Persian Market

Frankie Laine

Not had a guy singer for a while so here is one of the best !

Frankie Laine (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spanned nearly 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005. Often billed as "America's Number One Song Stylist", his other nicknames include "Mr. Rhythm", "Old Leather Lungs", and "Mr. Steel Tonsils". His hits included "That's My Desire", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Mule Train", "Jezebel", "High Noon", "I Believe", "Hey Joe!", "The Kid's Last Fight", "Cool Water", "Rawhide", and "You Gave Me a Mountain".

His 1946 recording of "That's My Desire" remains a landmark record signaling the end of both the dominance of the big bands and the crooning styles favored by contemporary Dick Haymes and others. Often called the first of the blue-eyed soul singers, Laine's style cleared the way for many artists who arose in the late 1940s and early 1950s, including Kay Starr, Tony Bennett, and Johnnie Ray.n 1953 he set two more records (this time on the UK charts): weeks at No 1 for a song ("I Believe", which held the number one spot for 18 weeks), and weeks at No 1 for an artist in a single year (27 weeks), when "Hey Joe!" and "Answer Me, O Lord" became number one hits as well). In spite of the popularity of rock and roll artists such as Elvis Presley and The Beatles, fifty-plus years later, both of Laine's records still hold.

Laine wrote the lyrics for the title song on a 1958 album, Torchin', which was also his first recorded in stereo. He was backed by trombonist Frank Comstock's orchestra, on a dozen classic torch songs including: "A Cottage for Sale", "I Cover the Waterfront", "You've Changed", "These Foolish Things", "I Got it Bad (And That Ain't Good)", "It's the Talk of the Town", and "Body and Soul". As with his Legrand album, he sings the entire lyric for each song.

1. A Cottage For Sale

2. Torchin'

3. I Cover The Waterfront

4. Here Lies Love

5. You've Changed

6. Midnight On A Rainy Monday

1. I Get Along Without You Very Well

2. It's The Talk Of The Town

3. These Foolish Things

4. I Got It Bad

5. It Only Happens Once

6. Body And Soul

 

         12. Body And Soul

The Beatles

The two posts below record the early efforts of the big band singers of the 40's & 50's so we move to 1962 1st of January to be precise to some early "Beatles".....and you can hear how much they improved in the years after Jan 1962....There is quite a lot of info about that recording date !!!"

I recon that Columbia, HMV, Pye, Philips, and Oriole would have been kicking themselves about the missed opportunity !!

The English rock band the Beatles auditioned for Decca Records at Decca Studios in West Hampstead, north London, on 1 January 1962. They were rejected by the label, who instead opted to sign a contract with Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. The audition was recorded, and five of the songs—"Searchin'", "Three Cool Cats", "The Sheik of Araby", "Like Dreamers Do" and "Hello Little Girl"—were officially released on the Beatles rarities compilation Anthology 1 in 1995.

Manager Brian Epstein met with record companies in London to secure a record contract for the Beatles and was rejected by many, including Columbia, HMV, Pye, Philips, and Oriole. After Epstein had meetings with both EMI and Decca at the start of December 1961, Decca A&R executive Mike Smith travelled to Liverpool to see the Beatles perform at the Cavern Club, and was impressed enough to ask Epstein to bring the band down to London for a test in Decca's recording studios, scheduled for 1 January 1962.

Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best arrived at the audition, formally known as a "commercial test" to be headed by Mike Smith with Decca staff, on 1 January 1962 at 10 a.m.  At the audition, the Beatles performed songs hand-picked by Epstein.

At the time, the standard procedure for a test of this type was to record between two and five songs and then quickly usher the artists out of the studio. However, the Beatles ended up recording fifteen songs, and the recording session was extended after a lunch break into the afternoon. This could suggest that, if offered a deal, their first single and perhaps others would have been taken from the resulting tape.

About a month later, Decca rejected the Beatles. The executives felt that "guitar groups are on the way out" and "the Beatles have no future in show business". Some music historians have suggested, however, that their work that day did not yet reflect their true potential, and the "guitar" comment may have been intended as a polite let down.

Sale of audition tape

The original safety master tape the group recorded at Decca's London studios was sold by auctioneers the Fame Bureau in December 2012 to a Japanese collector for £35,000. A spokesman for the auctioneers said at the time: "The tape went to a Capitol Records executive after the Beatles signed with EMI. He sold it to the current owner who was one of the top buyers for Hard Rock Cafe but it was for his own personal collection." The authenticity of the tape sold remains debatable among experts, however, as the tape of the audition contains 15 songs and the tape auctioned has only 10. Additionally, the auction recording is on Ampex tape, which was not in use in 1962. It has not been firmly ascertained if the original master tape recorded by Decca on 1 January 1962 is in the possession of the Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd.

                                     (All Info Edited From Wikipedia)

          11. September In The Rain

The Essence Of Jazz Vocals 1

Here is the first 22 tracks of Jazz Vocals that feature singers who before they entered a solo singing career sang with some famous swing & jazz bands of the day...as you can see there are some classy singers featured just at the start of their fame also featured are some of the great jazz bands so if you like the 30's & 40's Jazz Sounds have a listen to this selection !!! 

The second 22 tracks feature singers and bands from the 50's and maybe the 60's

          1. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

          10. Georgia On My Mind

The Essence Of Jazz Vocals 2

And with a click of the fingers we have the second 22 tracks of some great singers !!

         3. Its Alright With Me

          12. This Heart Of Mine

The Phase 4 World Of Latin Fire..VA

A couple of good Stereo Orchestral sounds now to test your speakers !!...that's if you have any !!

 

1. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White......Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra

2. El Relicario......Roland Shaw & His Orchestra

3. Maria Elena......Caterina Valente & Edmudo Ros

4. Delicado......Werner Muller & His Orchestra

5. Amor Amor......Los Muchucambos

6. Cumana.......Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra

1. South America Take It Away......Ted Heath & Edmundo Ros Orchestra's

2. Carnival......Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra

3. El Gato Monte......Stanley Black & His Orchestra

4. Cielito Lindo...... Los Machucambos

5. Felicidade......Ronnie Aldrich

6. Espana Cani......Roger Larado  & His Orchestra

          3. Maria Elena

Henry Rene & His Orchestra

A nice swingin' L/P from an unfamiliar band Leader !

Henri René (born Harold Manfred Kirchstein; December 29, 1906 – April 25, 1993), was an American musician who had an international career in the recording industry as a producer, composer, conductor and arranger.

In the mid 1950s, he issued several successful LPs which Allmusic has called "forerunners of the space-age pop aesthetic" among the albums were Music for Bachelors, Music for the Weaker Sex, Compulsion to Swing and Riot in Rhythm. Rene composed music themes and scores for several popular television series. After this René worked in production for RCA Victor, with Harry Belafonte, Perry Como, the Ames Brothers and Eartha Kitt among others. He left RCA Victor in 1959 to work freelance for the rest of his active career.

1. The Blue Room

2. Cry Me A River

3. Baubles Bangles And Beads

4. Compulsion To Swing

5. It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

6. Just A Gigalo

1. S'wonderful

2. Nature Boy

3. The Hot Canary

4. Blues Chartreuse

5. The Surry With The Fringe On Top

6. Don't Cry Joe

          2. Nature Boy